The beauty of property is the gearing. If you could gear as high to invest in managed funds without the threat of margin calls…. Heres the rub. Dividend imputation and liquidity makes the managed fund potentially a better investment, but the margin call threat means prudence dictates lower gearing for managed funds unless you secure the debt…[Read more]

Westpac have decided their is a market for listed REITs in Australia. If they turn out to be right, an instant retirement strategy appears for those with very large portfolios. Perhaps if Steve gets bored with showing the rest of the country how it’s done, he might give Westpac a call. After all, if we positive property proponents buy property at…[Read more]

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Listed property trusts are strange things. You’d think the price would move with the fortunes of the underlying property investment. In fact, what happens is they are impacted by this, but they also move with the stock market on which they are listed. This means the value of the trust will be largely driven by the demand and supply of the units…[Read more]